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 lis vel raaxime inwqualis, plana lota v. disco campa- 

 nulata : lacinitc sa^pe intiis lanuginosro. Sligmafa vel 

 lamellaria, fistuloso ? vel convoluto-linearia subula- 

 tave, supra aperla, modo eraarginata, \g\ petaloidea 

 duplicata bilubiata autice ( infra labia ) acuta ( styli 

 angulis contiuua ). Filamerita distincta v. connata. 

 Antherce extrorsa) , sligmatibus altermc vel styli 

 angulis oppositce. Caps. membranacea v. cartilaginea , 

 globosatrigibba V. elongata trigona, loculamentis po- 

 lyspermis. Semitia biserialia, horizonlalia, subglo- 

 bosa V. oblongiuscula , sape deformala testa sicca 

 membranaceaspadicei vel nigra glanduloso-punctala. 



Herhce plerumque sempervirentes, spitliama!» v. 

 seraiorgyales. Raclix axis rhizomatosa v. bulbus tuni- 

 catus. i^o/m coUateralia gladiala plura, rarius plicata 

 lamina petiolo vaginoso continua. Caulis teres an- 

 ceps vel planifolius et iuterdum falcatus, simplex, 

 rarius ramosus. Spathce vaha extima caule continua, 

 haud raro infolium exlensa. Flores parvi inconspicui 

 v. magni speciosi, aliquando reclinaule scapo secundi , 

 ssepius fagaces. Spatha aliquando vivipara. Petalogy- 

 narum filamenta post demissum poUen ssepe collap- 

 siha. Capsulre apex areola deglubita umbonulata ple- 

 rumque nolatus. Americoe utriusque indigena. 



Maric.e petalogynce a MoR^is talibus et ab Iride 

 per stigraata styli angulos ( non facies) continuantia, 

 facile dignoscendte : stenogynce a MoRyEis lalibus per 

 antheras stigmatibus alternantes nec eorum interci- 

 pientes segmenta. Ambarum liabitus distinctissimus 



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